Hurricane Isaias: the story so far
While You Were Out has covered Hurricane Isaias in 9 verified stories since Tuesday, October 6, 2026, each checked against at least two news sources. At least four deaths in Florida and Alabama have been blamed on Isaias, which made landfall near Destin, Florida, Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane and weakened to a post-tropical cyclone Saturday. Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, made landfall Friday night near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm, then weakened as it moved north through Alabama and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. Isaias became a major Category 3 hurricane Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
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What happened with Hurricane Isaias?
Oct. 10: At least four deaths in Florida and Alabama have been blamed on Isaias, which made landfall near Destin, Florida, Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane and weakened to a post-tropical cyclone Saturday. Oct. 10: Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, made landfall Friday night near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm, then weakened as it moved north through Alabama and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. Oct. 9: Isaias became a major Category 3 hurricane Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
What is the latest? (updated Saturday, October 10, 2026)
Isaias kills at least four, leaves hundreds of thousands without power. At least four deaths in Florida and Alabama have been blamed on Isaias, which made landfall near Destin, Florida, Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane and weakened to a post-tropical cyclone Saturday.
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- Isaias kills at least four, leaves hundreds of thousands without powerAt least four deaths in Florida and Alabama have been blamed on Isaias, which made landfall near Destin, Florida, Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane and weakened to a post-tropical cyclone Saturday.
- Hurricane Isaias makes landfall near Destin, FloridaIsaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, made landfall Friday night near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm, then weakened as it moved north through Alabama and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.
- Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3 ahead of landfall tonightIsaias became a major Category 3 hurricane Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
- Hurricane Isaias set to make landfall on the Gulf Coast late tonightHurricane Isaias, a Category 2 storm near major-hurricane strength, is forecast to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday on the northern Gulf Coast, near the Alabama-Florida line around Pensacola.
- Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 ahead of Gulf Coast landfallIsaias became a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds in the National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Eastern advisory on Thursday.
- Isaias becomes the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026, with warnings from Mississippi to FloridaIsaias strengthened into the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season late Wednesday in the Gulf.
- Hurricane watches posted on the northern Gulf Coast as Isaias strengthensThe National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, to Indian Pass, Florida, as Tropical Storm Isaias strengthened in the southwestern Gulf.
- Tropical Storm Isaias forms in the Gulf, could become the season's first hurricaneTropical Storm Isaias formed in the southwestern Gulf with 40 mph winds.
- Tropical Depression Nine forms in the Gulf, could become IsaiasTropical Depression Nine formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, and the National Hurricane Center says it is forecast to strengthen quickly.